Cardiovascular System
Across
- 2. prefix meaning inner
- 8. increased pressure in the blood vessels, better known as high blood pressure
- 11. ultrasonography uses ultrasound to look at blood going through blood vessles
- 13. do not resuscitate
- 14. electrocardiography
- 16. when a part of the heart doesn't get the blood flow it needs, commonly known as a heart attack
- 18. have thinner walls and carry blood toward the heart
- 19. within veins that keep the blood flowing in one direction
- 21. a condition in which the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
- 22. test where a machine records the electrical activity of the heart
- 25. combing from meaning plug or blockage
- 27. a catheter injects dye into vessels surrounding the heart
- 29. prefix meaning under
- 30. often referred to as a blood pressure cuff
Down
- 1. a disorder where there is a narrowing in the arteries around the heart
- 3. prefix meaning fast
- 4. pumps blood to the rest of the body
- 5. meet arterioles and have very thin walls so oxygen and carbon dioxide can exchange
- 6. a condition where the heart is not efficiently pumping from the left ventricle causing reduced blood flow
- 7. a complete stopping of the heart
- 9. have thick walls and carry blood away from the heart
- 10. suffix meaning enlarged
- 12. dye is injected into blood vessels allowing any vessel to be looked at
- 15. ventricular tachycardia
- 17. coronary artery disease
- 20. uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels
- 23. hypertension
- 24. suffix meaning surgical puncture to remove fluid
- 26. combing form meaning vein
- 28. largest artery in the body which carries blood as the main branch down the center of the body